diff --git a/go/libkb/gpg_cli.go b/go/libkb/gpg_cli.go
index 3c7c6257..ae8f7e2f 100644
--- a/go/libkb/gpg_cli.go
+++ b/go/libkb/gpg_cli.go
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ func (g *GpgCLI) Configure(mctx MetaContext) (err error) {
 	if len(prog) > 0 {
 		err = canExec(prog)
 	} else {
-		prog, err = exec.LookPath("gpg2")
+		prog, err = exec.LookPath("@gpg2@")
 		if err != nil {
-			prog, err = exec.LookPath("gpg")
+			prog, err = exec.LookPath("@gpg@")
 		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {